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Five fully-colored and lettered pages from issue #4 of Reign Of Starscream are available on TFW2005. The issue comes out on August 13th, while the series will conclude on August 27th with the fifth and final issue. Reign Of Starscream features art by Alex Milne and story by Chris Mowry.

IDW Publishing's Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton has updated his blog with a direct feed of the Transformers slide show presentation he used at this year's San Diego Comic Con. The presentation has been converted directly from its original format to video, so there's no shaky cam or socially awkward geeks such as myself yelling random unfunny things. If you didn't get a chance to see IDW at Comic Con yourself, this is the next best thing.

The first issue of Transformers Animated: Arrival won't be coming out until August, but before you try cryogenically freezing yourself in a refrigerator lettuce crisper why don't you check out some preview pages to tide you over?

First we have the surprisingly festive cover art by Alex Milne, with colors by Josh Perez. Up next is three inked black and white pages by series artist Dario Brizeula, whose style seems to be a perfect fit for the series.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Transformers Animated: Arrival, the series will feature various Autobots and Decepticons telling the story of how they came to Earth from their own perspective.

A 5-page preview of Reign Of Starscream #3 has been posted by Chris Mowry, an IDW Publishing letterer/colorist. Instead of posting standard images Mowry embedded the preview in a javascript viewer, so if you have any script-blocking software you'll need to temporarily disable it. The preview pages are fully inked and colored, so it's worth the hassle of a few extra mouse clicks.

After a month-long hiatus, the blog of IDW Publishing's Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton has been updated with a first look at the cover of "All Hail Megatron #3". The black and white line art by Guido Guidi features Megatron standing back-to-back with Starscream, whose sly smile suggests that he just quietly let his afterburners rip.

"All Hail Megatron #3" is scheduled to ship this September, with the first issue hitting stands next month.

Transformers comic artist Alex Milne has updated his Deviant Art portfolio with the inked and colored cover from "Reign Of Starscream #3".

For those of you who aren't familiar with the series, it picks up where the Transformers film left off, following Starscream's actions in the aftermath of the final battle that claimed Megatron's life. Issue #3 should be available at your local comic shop in July.

IDW Publishing's Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton has updated his blog with the amazing cover art from Spotlight: Doubledealer by E.J. Su. The update also features a humorous piece of art by Nick Roche for upcoming Transformers letter columns, featuring Tipton as a Transformer with a pencil over his shoulder, ready to leap into action.

I'm guessing that for a comic book editor, "action" would be a phone call, or a particularly engaging lunch break.

IDW Publishing's Editor-In-Chief Chris Ryall has updated his blog with the cover art from a retail-exclusive variant edition of All Hail Megatron #1 that will only be available through U.K. comic shop Apocalypse Comics. If the image seems familiar, that's because it parodies the classic cover of Batman: The Killing Joke.

The artist is Casey Coller, who you may remember as the winner of IDW's Next Transformers Cover Artist contest. Here's to hoping Casey becomes a full-time artist, as everything he's put out so far has been top-notch and it's always great to see a fan work on something they love.

We've got some new Transformers comic preview pages for you today, as opposed to yesterday's deleted post where I momentarily lost focus and posted eighty high-resolution Garfield comic strips. Oh you fat cat, what mischief will you get into next?

The first preview comes to us via Chris Ryall's blog, where the IDW Editor-In-Chief has posted three pieces of art from Transformers: Spotlight Wheelie by artist Klaus Scherwinski. Two of the images are fully-colored and inked, and the third is a "Wheelie Sketchbook" which shows one page of art as it goes through six stages spanning from a rough sketch to finalized.

Next up is Marcelo Matere's striking cover art for an issue (presumably the first) of IDW's Transformers Animated miniseries, which comes to us from Transformers Editor Denton J. Tipton.

IDW Publishing's forum members have put together 25 Transformers-related questions for Executive Editor Chris Ryall and All Hail Megatron writer Shane McCarthy, and they have been answered in the form of a forum thread. If you're a fan of Transformers comics, you owe it to yourself to read through the Q&A session that's chock full of interesting bits like this:

Q: How much dialogue has there been between the creative team behind All Hail Megatron and [longtime Transformers comic writer who many see as being in control of the comics' direction] Simon Furman to ensure that the series works within the much larger framework of the universe?

Shane McCarthy: I haven't spoken to Simon at all. Again, I have every respect for Simon, but as Chris [Ryall] has pointed out, Simon is a freelance writer like myself.

My first and only port of call was to Chris (and now, additionally, Denton).

People have been discussing who's "steering the ship". Is it Simon? Is it me? It's neither, it's Chris. Chris is the man here. Whilst I'm coming up with the ideas for the main book, Chris is the one we all answer to.

As IDW Publishing's 12-issue All Hail Megatron draws nearer, we're getting an increasingly closer look at the series that finally gives the big guy his due. Today, Newsarama has brought us seven full pages of artwork from the first issue. If you flipped through that many pages of a book in my local comic shop you'd be forced to buy it along with a bag of loose Warhammer figures for being a pain in the butt.

Just when you thought you had enough All Hail Megatron art for one day, IDW's Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton updated his blog with Guido Guidi's concept sketch for the cover of the series' second issue. While that in itself is very cool, the fact that the artist's name is really Guido Guidi might be worthy of a news post in itself.

IDW Publishing's Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton has updated his blog with the first five pages of Spotlight: Grimlock, which will be released on April 23rd. We've seen the first page before as a one-off piece of teaser art, but the rest is all new.

IDW Publishing's Editor In Chief Chris Ryall (that's a whole lot of capitalized words) has updated his blog with this week's comic releases, including a book that should be worth a look for anyone who's looking forward to All Hail Megatron.

This week, the special TRANSFORMERS: FOCUS ON DECEPTICONS comic is released. this is a preview of the upcoming "All Hail Megatron" series, and includes an 8-page preview of issue 1, so people will really know what they're in for when this new series starts in July.

To check out the full blog post, which also features two images from the book, head to Chris Ryall's blog.

IDW Publishing's Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton has kicked off his new blog in style, posting a fully-colored page of artwork from All Hail Megatron and a five-page preview of Transformers Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream. If he keeps going at this rate, anything less than posting an entire comic and giving every visitor a dollar will be a disappointment.

IDW Publishing has sent out a press release to officially announce their Reign Of Starscream series, which picks up where the Transformers film left off. Here is the release in its entirety:

Transformers Comic Series Continues Story From Blockbuster Movie

All-new official sequel from IDW picks up where the movie left off.

San Diego, CA (April 1, 2008)-IDW Publishing (http://www.idwpublishing.com) is releasing the official continuation of last summer's blockbuster Transformers movie, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro. The first storyline to spin out of the hugely successful movie, Transformers Movie Sequel: The Reign of Starscream continues the story from where the movie ended.

Co-writers Chris Ryall, who also wrote the Transformers Movie Prequel, and Chris Mowry present a tale of intrigue, betrayal, and dark ambition, featuring both old and new Transformers characters. "The movie left fans with some questions at the end, and we get a chance to answer them here," says Ryall. "We pick up on what happened at the end and reveal the fates of some of the surviving film characters. Take Starscream - we find out where he was headed and what he was doing. We also introduce new characters. In doing so, we bridge the gap between the last movie and the next movie, coming in '09."

In the first issue of the five-part comic series, when Megatron falls in battle Starscream assumes the role of Decepticon leader on Earth. Mustering his surviving allies, he sets out to put his own plan in motion. But before he can do that, he'll need to retrieve a fallen comrade, carry out a plan of revenge and leave Earth to meet up with a major player in the Decepticon army.

The Reign of Starscream #1 features art from fan-favorite Alex Milne, who also illustrated the Transformers Movie Adaptation, and cover art by Milne and Gabriel Rodriguez, artist for Joe Hill's Locke & Key. A special variant cover has also been created by longtime Transformers artist James Raiz.

The first issue (item code FEB08 3801) will be in stores in April; call 1-888-comic-book (1-888-266-4226) to find a store near you.

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